The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-06-30

Miss, for poisoning his wife few days
ago, was taken from jail by mob Of forty
masked men ON the night of the 23d and
hanged to a tree near the town.
A disastrous freight wreck on the Mis-
souri, Pacific railroad occurred near Seda-
lia, Mo-, q few days ago. Eighteen cars
were burned Loss $4,000
Bonds and policies amounting to e175, 600
were turned over to Buchtel College,
Akron, O., on the 23d by Hon. John r.
Buchtel as commencement day gift. This
makes Mr.. Butcheps donations to the col
lege since 1879 over $405, 900.
The latest news from Rowan County,
KY, is to the effect that peace has been
restored and no further trouble is antici-
pated. The disposal of the Tolliver gang
is regarded with satisfaction, and b con-
sidered as the vindication Of the law at the
hands Of an outraged people.
The National Association Of Master
Plumbers adjourned at Chicago on the
23d, after electing officers as follows: John
Byrnes. of New York, president; John
1rainor, Of Baltimore, vice president; NJ.
J. Lyons, of Brooklyn, treasurer; Enoch
Remick, of Philadelphia, financial secre-
tary. The next annual convention will be
held in Boston !.
The award Of prizes in the competitive
company drills at Louisville, KY, were am
nounced on the Nth as follows: The Mont
gomery Grays, of Montgomery, Ala, first
prize, $4,000; Louisville Light Infantry,
second prize, H,250; Montgomery True
Blues, third prize, $3.50. The Montgomery
Grays donsted 500 to the Masonic Orphans
Home Of Louisville.
The Agricultural and Mechanical College
at Auburn, Ala, the largest and most valu-
able institution of the kind in the South,
was destroyed by fire on the Path, causing
loss of 100000
At Cambridge. o., on the 24th the Balti-
more & Ohio fast line train dashed into the
rear Of freight train standing on the main
track. The passenger train engine was de-
molished and six freight cars torn to splin-
ters. Several persons were in the wreck,
but no one was fatally injured. The dam
age is about 5000.
Captain James Carr, aged ninety-three
years, died at Ripley, o., on the 24th. He
was born in Pennsylvania and moved to
Ripley in 1877. He was soldier in the war
of 1872, and said to be the oldest Mason in
Ohio, having been made Mason in 1916 at
Clairsville (now Decatur), Brown County.
Conrad Doll, miner, living at North
Industry, a few miles from Canton, O., in
ft Of jealousy on the oath killed his wife
and stepson with a hatchet, after which he
made his escape Threats Of lynching if he
is caught are made.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Rail-
way Company's rolling mills at Watertown,
Wis. were destroyed by fire on the oath,
entailing loss Of $50 900 and throwing 200
men out of work.
A. d. Cardin, the Union Labor party's
candidate for Governor Of Kentucky, has
Withdrawn. He says that he will vote with
the party but will not be its candidate.
The fifth annual convention of the Order
OF Elks was held in Detroit, Mich, on the
oath. About 1900 members were present.
At the session Of the Travellers Protect
i've Association of the United States in st.
Louis on the 24th, resolutions were adopted
demanding from all railroads the sale to
commercial travellers Of 1000 and 8, 600 mile
tickets at materially reduced rates. The
resolutions also bind the members to exert
their influence in diverting business from
one channel to another in the interest of
the association.
The trial of Chet Smith, the dramatic
agent who has been acting as a procurer
for the vile dens Of Hurley, Wis, ended on
the oath with a vereict of guilty, and he was
sentenced to one year in the penitentiary.